CVE-2023-28678: Jenkins Cppcheck Plugin vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS)

April 2, 2023 (updated February 25, 2025)

Jenkins Cppcheck Plugin 1.26 and earlier does not escape file names from Cppcheck report files before showing them on the Jenkins UI.

This results in a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploitable by attackers able to control report file contents.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-j927-269r-96xw
github.com/jenkinsci/cppcheck-plugin
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28678
www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2023-03-21/

Code Behaviors & Features

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